FIRE IN A DRAPERY SHOP.
FIVE WOMEN SUFFOCATED
United Press Association— By Electric ' Telegraph—Copyright. j LONDON, August 1. An electric light wire fused and,set ire. to the window of a drapery shop it Accrington. The premises, which )i ere 'crowded, were soon ablaze. There Iras a terrible rash to the doors. Five Women were suffocated, three of them being seamstresses and two customers. feetreat from the upper storey was cut Wf through the main stairway breaking. The damage is estimated at £20,000 sterling.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9915, 2 August 1910, Page 1
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